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UP - TX6 Business Overpass

Falls County, Texas

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West Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in May 2018

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BH Photo #429027

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Sh 6 Bus on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Marlin, Falls County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939
Builders
- Austin Bridge Co. of Dallas, Texas/Atlanta, Georgia
- Austin Road Co. of Dallas, Texas [also known as Austin Bridge Co.]
- Julian Montgomery of Austin, Texas
Railroads
- International & Great Northern Railroad (I&GN)
- Missouri Pacific Railroad ("MoPac" MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 146.0 ft.
Also called
MoPac - TX6 Business Overpass
T&P - TX6 Business Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.29240, -96.89811   (decimal degrees)
31°17'33" N, 96°53'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/700065/3463914 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 090740004905057 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 81720 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Austin Bridge Co. (40)
Austin Road Co. (4)
Beam (16,987)
Built 1939 (811)
Built during 1930s (12,199)
Falls County, Texas (27)
Have street view (29,323)
International & Great Northern Railroad (16)
Julian Montgomery (6)
Marlin, Texas (3)
 Missouri Pacific Railroad (414)
Open (41,016)
Owned by state (16,595)
Skewed (5,025)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,483)
Steel stringer (6,750)
Texas (2,989)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,266)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,481)

Update Log 

  • June 2, 2018: New photos from David Backlin
  • May 30, 2018: New Street View added by David Backlin

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